Fred Rogers News

As a new generation is discovering Mister Rogers and his famed neighborhood, another generation of artists are celebrating his tremendous talent, career, and humanity in a newly released album project - Thank You, Mister Rogers: Music & Memories.

CNN Films, HBO Max, and Focus Features are partnering for a documentary film about the uncommon life of the late storyteller, explorer, and chef, Anthony Bourdain, to be directed and produced by Academy Award-winning director Morgan Neville (20 Feet from Stardom). Focus Features will first release the documentary exclusively in theaters worldwide before the film premieres on television on CNN and streams via HBO Max. CNN Films and HBO Max will executive produce the film. Neville's Tremolo Productions will produce the film.

Nashville Mayor John Cooper has issued a proclamation that October 25th is 'Mister Rogers' Music Day.' And, today, a newly recorded collection of Fred's songs, Thank You, Mister Rogers: Music & Memories, is available wherever music is sold or streamed. 

Tom Hanks, Matthew Rhys, and Director Marielle Heller talk about who Mister Rogers was at his core and how he made an impact on the world.

Today, Jazz at Lincoln Center's Blue Engine Records releases Jazz for Kids, a new digital album from the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis. In the Orchestra's masterful hands, the simplicity and familiarity of childhood favorites like “Old MacDonald” and “Itsy Bitsy Spider” afford a world of musical possibilities for audiences young and old.

Martin Giles and James FitzGerald star in PICT Classic Theatre's first production of the 2019-2020 season: The Woman in Black. The production will perform at WQED's Fred Rogers Studio in Oakland November 7-23, 2019.

“Won't you ride along with me?” Following the hugely successful Daniel Tiger's Neighborhood Live: King for a Day tour that traveled to more than50 neighborhoods in 2019, Daniel Tiger and all his friends from the beloved Emmy Award-winning PBS KIDS television series are hopping back aboard Trolley forDANIEL TIGER'S NEIGHBORHOOD LIVE! NEIGHBOR DAY. Beginning in January 2020, the tour will visit more than 50 cities across the country. For a full list of locations and venues, visit www.danieltigerlive.com. While some dates are already on sale, all remaining dates for the 2020 tour will go on sale Friday, September 20, at www.danieltigerlive.com. A limited number of VIP tickets that include a post-show photo with Daniel Tiger will also be available.

Today, the Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts announced an additional performance in the 2019-2020 Kauffman Center Presents series. Daniel Tiger's Neighborhood Live: Neighborhood Day will be in Muriel Kauffman Theatre on Tuesday, March 24 at 6:30 p.m.

The rebirth of interest in Fred Rogers, which includes an upcoming Tom Hanks film, inspires a unique musical tribute that celebrates a special side of the man known as “America's Favorite Neighbor.” A newly recorded collection of Fred's songs, Thank You, Mister Rogers: Music & Memories, will be available wherever music is sold or streamed on October 25th.

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Legendary children's musician Laurie Berkner returns with her 13th album, Waiting For The Elevator, on October 4, 2019. The album brings together a scrumptious variety oif original, interactive songs that vividly define Laurie's signature style while introducing new voices, new learning play, and even a new language!

From the Neighborhood of Make-Believe to neighborhoods across the U.S., a new season of DANIEL TIGER'S NEIGHBORHOOD, the top-rated, Emmy-winning PBS KIDS series from Fred Rogers Productions, will premiere next summer. Featuring 20 engaging episodes, including a half-hour special, Season 5 of the hit series will address key universal themes for preschoolers and their parents, including managing sibling rivalry, maintaining calm at mealtimes, missing loved ones, growing up, coping with accidents, and more through the show's hallmark musical strategies. In addition, three of the series' most popular strategies will be revisited through brand-new stories. Plus, Daniel will get to meet fun new neighbors who are sure to become viewer favorites, too.

Sony Pictures has released the trailer for A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood, starring Tom Hanks, Matthew Rhys, Susan Kelechi Watson and Chris Cooper.

Multi-platinum selling singer-songwriter Ben Folds is known for his musical genius and spontaneous creativity - composing a song with the National Symphony Orchestra live (http://bit.ly/BenFoldsNSOLive), collaborating with the likes of Sara Bareilles, Regina Spektor and William Shatner, serving as a judge for five seasons on NBC's acclaimed a capella show The Sing-Off, being named the first-ever artistic advisor to the National Symphony Orchestra at the Kennedy Center, being an outspoken champion for arts education and music therapy. It's not been an easy road to get to where he is today, but the ups and downs are what Folds insists are essential for any artist. 

PICT Classic Theatre's 2019-2020 season will consist of 3 productions beginning in November: a ghost story play written by Stephen Mallatratt, an adaptation of a Shakespeare classic, and an Irish play by Hugh Leonard. All three will be presented at WQED's Fred Rogers Studio in Oakland.

Daniel Tiger's Neighborhood Live! Neighbor Day Tour is coming to Hershey Theatre on Saturday, January 18, 2020, for two shows at 11 am and 2:30 pm.

The Bezos Family Foundation, home of the Vroom initiative that translates research on children's brain development into tips for parents, andFred Rogers Productions, the award-winning children's entertainment company behind the much-loved Emmy Award-winning PBS KIDS series Daniel Tiger's Neighborhood, are extending their partnership to support the hit series – and children and their families everywhere. Under the renewed agreement, Vroom will sponsor the fan-favorite series into 2020 with promotional spots continuing to air on PBS KIDS broadcast and digital channels. The spots inspire parents and caregivers to turn everyday moments with their young children into brain-building opportunities with lasting positive impact.

New Jersey Performing Arts Center (NJPAC) presents Daniel Tiger's Neighborhood LIVE: Neighbor Day on Sunday, May 3, 2020 at 2:00 p.m. and 5:30 p.m.

The hugely popular Daniel Tiger's Neighborhood LIVE!, based on the #1 PBS Kids TV series, has delighted live audiences on stages across the country.

On Thursday, April 4th PICT Classic Theatre will present Pittsburgh's first professional production of The Heiress by Ruth and Augustus Goetz, at WQED's Fred Rogers Studio in Oakland.